Improvement in adjustable sack -holders



H. W. CLARK.

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UNITED STATES PATENT D-EEICE.

HENRY W. CLARK, OF RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA.

Specification forming part of 'Letters Patent No.

March To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, HENRY W. CLARK, ofRed Bluff, Tehama county, California, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Adjustable Sack-Holder, of which the following is aspecification:

The invention will rst be fully described,- and then pointed out in theclaim.

Figurel is a vertical section of Fig. 2, taken on the line c and Fig. 2is a top View.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the stand, consisting of the bed B, to which is rigidly attachedthe upright (l. This upright has a slot, D. E E are cleats on the backof the upright, parallel to and ush with the sides ot' the slot. Fis anarm which is adjusta-ble on the upright by means oi' a series of holes,G, there being a tenou on the arm which passes through the slot andbetween the cleats, with a shoulder, H, on the inside. A pin, I, passesthrough the cleats on the outside and through the tenon, as seen in thedrawing. J is a spiral spring on the upper side of the arm F. K is anarm constructed and made adjustable in a similar manner, the under sideof which rests on the spiral spring J. L is a semicircular metallicspring, attachedto the arm K by the clip m. The bag is placed on thisspring, its upper 165,982, dated July 27, 1875 g application filed 13,1875.

seen in Fig. l. N is a button pivoted to the top of the arm K, the endvof which pinches the bag and keeps it from slipping from the spring.The arms are adjusted to suit the length of the bag, and so that thebottom of the empty bag will nearly touch the bed. While the bag isbeing iled the weight will bear it down to the bed, while the spiralspring J will allow the bag to settle while being held open by thesemicircular spring L. When the bag is lled it is readily detached afterturning the betmaN. L "M This bag-holder is a great help to the miller,as well as to others handling grain in bags or sacks.

Having thus described lny invention, I claim ent- AD and severally-holedcleat E, of the springseparated arms F K, made adjustable as and for thepurpose specified.

2. The combination, with bag-holder L and arm K, of the bag-pinch N, asshown and de scribed.

HENRY W. CLARK. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. GooDEIcH,

CHARLES G. GRANDALL.

edge being turned over onto the outside, as i as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patl. The combination, With slotted uprightsr

